Date: 27-04-24  Time: 00:35 am

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forks, no seal pusher required
« on: 19 June 2013, 07:42:35 am »
got the seals done finally,


instead of going out and buying a seal pusher or going back to the garage and admitting defeat i got 2 3 inch lengths of waste pipe, the white pipe under the sink, and split them (just one cut on the vertical so you can stech it open) and i streched one onto the fork, but doesnt fit the whole way around, the i put the other on from the far sidecover in the splight but about 10 mill up from the bottom of the first one and then got a large fastener, same as on the rad hoses and tighted it to the leg


reason i left the the first one i put on about the mill lower is so that the first one is tight against the leg and so when you push the fork down it batters the top bush down, then when you have that done, its the seal next


quick tip....milk carton!, 2 liter plastic milk carton, just cut off the bit in the middle where the label is and where its smooth, dont need that much, rub grease on sealant grease is better if you have it, wrap that around top of fork in a cone shape, put seal over it and slide the whole lot down the leg and past all that stone chipping on the fork that you might not have got off, all the way now just pull the plastic milk carton piece out and push seal in,


get the waste pipe again put one on, the the second from the other side, just put the second one this tim down 10 mill and clip, this is now able to push the all important outside of the seal where you can hit it and doesnt hit the inner part of the seal against the fork


put dust cap on put all back in fork, fill with oil, job done!

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Re: forks, no seal pusher required
« Reply #1 on: 19 June 2013, 08:42:18 am »
Superb DIY fork rebuilding Reillypadraig. Got mine to do this summer, ill be reffering back to your thread. Nice one!
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Re: forks, no seal pusher required
« Reply #2 on: 19 June 2013, 10:41:40 am »
I use steel collets from old zeds or GSs exhaust systems. These are half a section of pipe with rounded egdes and a flange on one end. I place these on the seal once it is located and then gentle tap down with a nylon faced mallet.... Never fails
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Re: forks, no seal pusher required
« Reply #3 on: 20 June 2013, 12:04:12 am »
Superb DIY fork rebuilding Reillypadraig. Got mine to do this summer, ill be reffering back to your thread. Nice one!


thanks, glad i might help some one, i paid 11 euro for seals and 12 euro for oil, local place wanted 80 quid a leg, not including any extra time if damper gets stuck, so bitta money saved!

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Re: forks, no seal pusher required
« Reply #4 on: 20 June 2013, 12:44:00 pm »
look on youtube for moonfleet41 (delboys garage).
he does something similar.